Is Dodrio Good in Crystal Playthrough?
Fast physical Normal/Flying attacker that arrives too late to contribute to the main story. Dodrio can clean up Kanto trainer battles, but your team already handled the hard part without it. A postgame luxury.
Dodrio has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Dodrio resists most of Bugsy's coverage and hits back hard.
Dodrio trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Dodrio trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Dodrio has the type edge here and should clean up Chuck's team.
Dodrio trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Dodrio has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Dodrio trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Dodrio trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Dodrio trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Dodrio resists most of Erika's coverage and hits back hard.
Dodrio has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Dodrio trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Dodrio trades roughly evenly with Brock's team.
Dodrio trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Dodrio trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Dodrio has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Dodrio has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Dodrio resists most of Bruno's coverage and hits back hard.
Dodrio has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Dodrio trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
In-Game Trade
Dodrio can be received through an in-game trade in Blackthorn City. Trade a female Dragonair to EMY in Blackthorn City for DORIS the Dodrio, holding a Smoke Ball.
Recommended Moves
- After Falkner
- TM39NormalSwiftPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Union Cave
- After Whitney
- TM13NormalSnorePower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Moomoo Farm
- LV 21NormalTri AttackPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Chuck
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 105Accuracy 95%PP 15Cianwood City
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- LV 38FlyingDrill PeckPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner prize (7500 coins)
- TM47SteelSteel WingPower 70Accuracy 90%PP 25Route 28
Catch Dodrio
Catch Dodrio on Route 27 (walking, Lv 30, rare).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 30)
- LV 30NormalTri AttackPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Falkner
- TM39NormalSwiftPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Union Cave
- After Whitney
- TM13NormalSnorePower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Moomoo Farm
- After Chuck
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 105Accuracy 95%PP 15Cianwood City
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- LV 38FlyingDrill PeckPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner prize (7500 coins)
- TM47SteelSteel WingPower 70Accuracy 90%PP 25Route 28
How to Get Dodrio in Crystal
Wild Dodrio is rare wherever it shows, mostly the high-level Kanto routes and Mt. Silver. Easier paths exist: evolve a Doduo at level 31, or trade a Dragonair in Blackthorn for one.
Wild Dodrio may be holding when caught:
Sharp Beak (2% chance) Powers up flying-type moves. (HOLD)4 locations to catch Dodrio5 locations to catch Doduo
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 7
Badge 8Catch Doduo at any of the 5 locations below, then level it up to 31 — it evolves into Dodrio.
Badge 8Where To Catch Dodrio in C
Doduo is your first catch on the way to Dodrio. You'll find walking and trade encounters from Lv. 4-43 across 9 total spots in the chain.
To plan your throws, open the Crystal catch rate calculator with Dodrio preloaded.
How to Get Shiny Dodrio in Crystal
Dodrio shows only as a rare morning and day spawn on Route 27 & Route 28 and Mt. Silver, so consider chaining common Doduo nearby and evolving the shiny at 31. Compare Shiny Dodrio odds across every game
Crystal Shiny Dodrio Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Breed w/ Shiny Parent, about 1 in 64 on each try.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breed w/ Shiny Parent: Eggs inherit stats from a shiny parent, so about 1 in 64 hatch shiny. A shiny Ditto helps every egg, and any other shiny parent (the red Gyarados works) helps only eggs of the opposite gender.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 7-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 19-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 45-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 147-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Crystal shiny odds calculator with Dodrio already selected.
Dodrio Weakness
Electric, Ice, and Rock moves hit Dodrio for super-effective damage. The upside? Ground and Ghost-type moves can't touch it at all. At base 100 Speed, Dodrio outspeeds most threats and doesn't need to tank what it can outrun.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Ice, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Grass, Bug |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground, Ghost |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
- Special stat split into Sp.Atk and Sp.Def
What is Dodrio Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Dodrio
 Tyranitar RockDark | S | |
 Magneton ElectricSteel | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dodrio View Magneton builds →Thunder 2x177-208%KO Rollout 2x16-19% | ||
 Raikou Electric | S | |
 Jolteon Electric | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) | ||
 Jynx IcePsychic | B | |
 Electabuzz Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dodrio View Electabuzz builds →Thunderbolt 2x116-137%KO Ice Punch 2x61-73% | ||
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dodrio View Lapras builds →Ice Beam 2x106-126%KO Thunder 2x89-105%KO | ||
 Pikachu Electric | C | |
Obtain MethodCeladon City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dodrio View Pikachu builds →Thunderbolt 2x71-84% Rollout 2x14-18% | ||
 Sudowoodo Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 36 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dodrio View Sudowoodo builds →Rock Slide 2x86-101%KO Ice Punch 2x28-33% Thunder Punch 2x28-33% | ||
 Rhydon GroundRock | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dodrio View Rhydon builds →Rollout 2x44-53% Blizzard 2x55-65% Thunder 2x55-65% | ||
 Electrode Electric | B | |
Obtain MethodTeam Rocket Hq Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dodrio View Electrode builds →Thunder 2x128-150%KO Rollout 2x14-18% | ||
 Dewgong WaterIce | C | |
 Graveler RockGround | B | |
 Piloswine IceGround | C | |
Dodrio Evolutions
Evolved from Doduo. Dodrio is the final form in this two-stage line. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. HP grew the most through evolution (+25 over Doduo), and Dodrio peaks at 460 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Dodrio to get Doduo eggs easily using 19 partners from the Flying egg group. Notable egg moves include Feint Attack, Flail, Haze and 2 more.
C Dodrio Best Moveset
110 Attack at 100 Speed with MoveReturn for Normal TermStab and MoveDrill Peck for Flying coverage. Outspeeds and outpowers most mid-tier threats. MoveHidden Power adds coverage for specific matchups. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. One of the cleanest physical attackers in the format.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Drill Peck
- Low Kick
- Double Edge
- Flail
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Dodrio misses out on Feint Attack and Flail. That's 5 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Hyper Beam and Fly, with Dark and Ground coverage rounding things out.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
14 of 20 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
An enemy that takes its eyes off any of the three heads--even for a second--will get pecked severely.
Dodrio Crystal Guide
Yes. Wild Dodrio in Crystal can hold Sharp Beak (2%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Sharp Beak.
Trade a female Dragonair to EMY in Blackthorn City for DORIS the Dodrio, holding a Smoke Ball. This is an NPC trade, so the Dodrio you receive is yours immediately, no transfer cable needed.
In Crystal, use Dodrio as a setup sweeper. Physical side carries the damage. It outspeeds most threats, Flail is the primary attack.
Game Availability
One of the original 151, Dodrio has appeared in 19 games: most mainline games. From Red & Blue through the latest titles, it's rarely been left out of a regional Pokedex.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves
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